______________—for Roxana, leaving Kigali early Because your mother is dying, because my mother has died, and each new moon is a withered womb; because we have ceased our prayers. Because I have my mother’s smile and wear my mother’s rings, because you have your mother’s hair, will soon wear your mother’s rings. Tonight, the scattered […]
Laura Apol
Laura Apol is a widely-published poet and writer, and an associate professor at Michigan State University. Her work has appeared in numerous literary journals, and she is the author of several prize-winning collections of poetry, most recently A Fine Yellow Dust (2021, winner of the Midwest Book Award). A past poet laureate for the Lansing-area, Laura conducts creative writing workshops internationally, nationally, and locally.